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Dell™ Lifecycle Controller 2 Web Services Interface Guide for Linux Version: 2.1.0
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EXAMPLE:
wsman enumerate http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-
schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_OSDeploymentService
-h $IPADDRESS -V -v -c dummy.cert -P 443
-u $USERNAME -p $PASSWORD
-j utf-8 -y basic
3.2 WS-Man Security & Time Parameters
3.2.1 Encryption Certificate Security
For the wsman examples provided in this document, the strict checks of certificates such as matching
of CNs (Common Names) and verification with the actual CA (Certificate Authority) of the certificate of
the WS-Management protocol HTTPS encryption certificate is assumed to be already configured and
enabled. To disable the strict certificate checking, add the following command line options to all
wsman examples: –v and –V.
Refer to the wsman documentation
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and related documentation for directions on setting up encryption
certificates for wsman and executing wsman invocations using full security capabilities. Refer to the
Lifecycle Controller User Guide
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for directions on configuring different encryption certificates for the
iDRAC Web server. Dell recommends that the full security and encryption capabilities of the WS-
Management protocol is used for production level utilization of the Lifecycle Controller Web services
interfaces.
3.2.2 Handling invalid responses from WSMAN commands
 Check the network connection to make sure that the system is connected
 Check the WSMAN syntax to ensure there are no typos in the command line
 Check if there are other WSMAN commands sending from other systems
 Wait for a few seconds and re-try the WSMAN command
3.2.3 Improving WSMAN Enumeration Performance
Enumeration configuration only available for winRM.
3.2.4 Specifying StartTime, Until Time, and TIME_NOW Parameters
The several methods that attach a virtual USB device to the target system accept a StartTime and Until
parameter. The parameter data type is CIM date-time. If the StartTime parameter is null the action
will not be started. If the Until parameter is null, the default value will be 17 hours. The date-time
data type is defined in the CIM Infrastructure Specification
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as:
ddddddddhhmmss.mmmmmm
Where: